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1) The bouquet
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Two sisters, Mandy and Terri, both somewhat estranged from their family return home to help their mother after their father dies suddenly. Shortly thereafter, they discover that the family florist business has been in decline for some time and that their father had been hiding a secret. The sisters team up to rebuild the company using Terri's marketing savvy and Mandy's knowledge of the area. While doing so, old troubles between the sisters emerge...
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The Legend of Su-Ling is a Far Eastern fairy tale about a handsome prince, the peasant girl he is forbidden to love, and the tiny nightingale who holds the key to their happiness. The second feature is a fairy tale of a prince who is turned into a beast with an evil spell and can only be released by the love of a young girl.
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In a distant galaxy, years of war and corruption have devastated those living under the oppressive regime of the planetary federation. With a nearly unlimited arsenal of powerful weapons at their disposal, no one dares to stand up against them. However, when one starship captain uncovers a government secret that could lead to the destruction of the entire galaxy, he realizes that he must rise up and rebel in order to stop them.
5) Lake Placid
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"An investigative team armed with state-of-the-art equipment, high powered weaponry and a biting sense of sarcasm, must work together to defeat Black Lake's most ferocious resident: a 30-foot prehistoric crocodile."--Container
7) First snow
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An intriguing thriller about a man whose life spins out of control after psychic tells him his days are numbered.
8) Three amigos
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The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
9) Psycho
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Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
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Return to a time when men were men and swamps were fire swamps, full of quicksand and rodents of unusual size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels, and the most beautiful woman in the world was named...Buttercup? Well, it's a bent fairy tale, complete with all the fencing, fighting, chases, and escapes.
12) Waterworld
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In the future. When the polar ice caps melt, the Earth becomes engulfed by water. Drifters sail across the waters of the world on their man-made ships, trading for supplies and salvaging what is left of civilization. Communities of survivors lives in towns called 'Atolls.' Evil pirates known as 'The Smokers' travel across Waterworld in search of a mythical island called 'Dryland.' The Mariner is a mysterious drifter who arrives at an Atoll. He is...
13) Rocket science
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In spite of his stuttering problem, the high school debate team star invites Hal to join the team. Stumbling his way to the championship, Hall falls in love, gains confidence, and ultimately realizes that love and life should not be rocket science.
14) U turn
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A small time gambler and a woman caught in a twisted relationship with her powerful husband want to get out of the town of Superior, Arizona.
15) 18 again!
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Fate intervenes when an 81-year old man and his grandson exchange bodies after a freak.
16) Judgment night
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A wrong turn off a jammed expressway in Chicago turns a typical boy's night out into the ultimate fight for survival.
17) Erik the Viking
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Erik the Viking, tired of killing and plundering, sets out on an epic quest to Valhalla, where he and his men plan on asking the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and bring sunshine back to the skies.
18) Barton Fink
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In Hollywood on the eve of World War II, Barton Fink, the New York playwright, arrives to work as a screenwriter. He is assigned a low-brow wrestling movie, and quickly develops writer's block, which is aggravated by the seedy hotel he is staying in and his aggressively jovial neighbor, Charlie. Barton's struggle to create a truly great screenplay leads from the strange and unproductive to the terrifying and surreal.
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Kate & Leopold: Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. One can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in...
